The 1st Roar | Accidental Video / Action for New Bark Town

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[It wasn't that his PokéGear was looking particularly tasty that afternoon, nor was it giving off any significantly threatening sort of air...

[No, twas curiosity that caused the cat to chomp down on his hard metal device, succeeding only in unintentionally beginning a broadcast and scaring the absolute piss out of himself.]

What the--!

[Yup. That shiny rock you just bit sure did just make a sound, and now that you've pulled it far away enough from your face to see what's going on on its screen, you...

[...yelp like a little cub and chuck it across the way!

[Goooood going.]

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<sub>[And ... well, that altogether paints a very distressed picture. Skipper stops what she was going to say, then stands quietly for a moment, just watching him. She's never seen this level of despair before. She's not quite sure what she's supposed to do with it.]

[But now she's more concerned than irritated again.]</sub>

What's wrong?

_{[Besides this whole world thing - she GETS that that's wrong, she's not super happy about it either right now, but ... what could make a person look so angry and scared at the same time?]}

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[He keeps his face in his hands, keeps growling through his teeth...but calms a little when she does, simply shaking his head in response to her question.]

I can't stay here...

[Looking up.]

I have a family back home, a...a good family...

And they need me. She needs me--

[Pause.]

...What if she thinks I ran off...

No...no, I have to get home! I have to get home now!

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_{[Skipper hesitates.]}

Well ... you can't.

But if they're family, they'll know you wouldn't leave just like that, right?

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[It's a little reassuring, that logic, but...Kovu still has his doubts. And can you really blame him? After all, family should mean all of those things, but...in his experience, it hasn't always...

[But deep down, he knows that Simba, Nala, Kiara-- especially Kiara...They know he wouldn't just run off, that he wouldn't just abandon them after all that they'd been through...

[...right?]

You don't understand...

[You don't sound angry anymore. Just...defeated.]

I had just earned my place with them...and now this...

Who knows what they're thinking?

[It wouldn't be the first time he was deemed untrustworthy...]

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I think they're wondering where you are.

_{[And that, in itself, is neither good nor bad. There's a hint of a sigh in Skipper's voice, though. Her family is far from what Kovu's is and she has none of the worry he has, as a result, but she's so used to being around her sisters that she's not sure what to do now.]}

That's what I'd do.

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Exactly...

[He sighs.]